Tityus serrulatus venom and toxins Ts1, Ts2 and Ts6 induce macrophage activation and production of immune mediators

Toxicon

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1101-1108

  Zoccal, Karina Furlani ^a   Bitencourt, Claudia da Silva ^a   Secatto, Adriana ^a   Sorgi, Carlos Artério ^a   Bordon, Karla de Castro Figueredo ^a   Sampaio, Suely Vilela ^a   Arantes, Eliane Candiani ^a   Faccioli, Lúcia Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytokines; J774.1; Nitric oxide; Tityus serrulatus venom; Toxins

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; SCORPION VENOM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; ENVENOMATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; TITYUS SERRULATUS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUROTOXINS; NITRIC OXIDE; SCORPION VENOMS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

SCORPIONES; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

EID: 79956337354     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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